Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299566279 (1299566278)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Mythology
Daniel Mendelsohn’s choice of title in this collection of essays is not meant to convey a sense of impending doom as is usually associated with the phrase “waiting for the barbarians.” Rather, he wants to suggest its meaning in C.P. Cavafy’s original: The barbarians are awaited with a sense of hope;...
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